The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.
A YOUNG NAN BRINGS SUIT
AGAINST THE FATHER
or the Girl TO Whom lie Was En-
gagged for Preventing the Mar
riage Of the Twain.

Nav YoRK, March 22-Ol the
Court OF Common Peas Calendar for
this week is a case which, II old law
yers tell tie facts, is without a par
allel. It ia known as "No. 1850,
Steinmann We. Issacs," and promises
some very strange developments.
The Gction Is for $4,000 and the
peculiar thing about it is that the
plaintiff demands this amount from
the defendant becAuie the latter would
not allow him to marry his daughter.
This Is said TO be the first case OF the
kind ever heard OF, and the verdict
will be looked for anxiously by
wealthy parents who happen to BIS
possessed OF fair manageable daugh.
teis. The case Ia further com pliclt
by the fact that the plaintiff and the
young lady, who were at one time
engaged, have sincs then both picked
out other life partners and are now
married. The plaintiff in the case is
y. b. Steinmann, who is banker It
No. SO Broadway. He is about 80
years old, short and stout, with black
whiskers and mustache. He looks
like Spaniard and affects a foreign
air. The defendant, Reuben IssscJ,
is the well known importer OF Japanese
goods, whose place Of business Is No.
555 Broadway. He lives at No. 2l5
East Sixtieth street, and has one OF the
most artisIically furnished houses in
the city. He has two grown daughters,
who are handsome young ladie1, and 1t
was the elder Of them who was 1T one
time.engaged to Mr.. Steinmsnn. 1t ap-
pears to have been case Of love at
first sight with him, so he offered Lis
hand, and was accepted. According
to his story, he believed that the en-
gsgement WAS fully sanctioned by the
young lady's psrente, and, as a
big party was given at the
house shortly alter, 10 which
he was invited, the happy young
man took it to be given in honor OF
the engagement. In his complaint
MIR. Steihmann alleged that he was
most devoted to the young lady whom
he designed to grace his home. He
further states that he believed thst
Miss Isascs loved him deeply in re-
turn and that he left nothing undone
to make her engagement happy one.
He etates that everything went we'll
after the ante.nuptial feast until one
day the father Of the young lady rose
in his might and politely informed
young Steinmann that he never in
tended that he should marry his
daughter and would not allow him to.
He would give no reason for his de-
termination, however. All sorts OF ru'
mols are ahoat about the reason for
Mr.. Isaacs forbidding the bans, and
his lawyer said that they are the
best in the world, but he could not
say what they are until he gets Stein.
mann on the witness stand and
then he proposes to have come
fun with him. The complaint further
states that the plaintiff still loves the
young daughter OF the defendant. II
was only short time after his rejec-
ton as son-in-law that Mr.. Stein
mann began his action. In the mean.
time, however, some events occurred
which would prevent the defendant
from compromising the action by offer
ing his daughters hand to the plain
tiff. Mr.. Steinmann had already left
the field when another sutton present
ed himself. He proposed in due
course of time, was accepted, and
about year ago Miss Isaacs became
his wife. The friends of Mr.. Stein
mann openly declare that he was
thrown over because OF the richer
sutton who presented himself. When
he heard Of the marriage Mr.. Stein
mann was in despair for few months,
but he made up his mind to take mat
tiers philosophioaIly. He saw he
could never marry the Miss
Isaacs that was, go he did the next
best thing and married some
one else, and is now q happy hus-
band. The singular state OF affairs
will not in any way non-suit the plain
tiff. s. d. Lswards, the attorney for
Mr.. Steinmaun, says that he has q
good case aud expects to win bis suit
on the grounds that his clients pros.
poets and plans were upset. j. o.
Lsvi, the attorney for MIR. lsaacs, is
equally confident of'victory, and bases
his case on the mysterious reason that
his client had for not allowing the
m lrriage to take place, snd which he
positively refuses to disclose. He
confidently assured your correspond
ent laet night that the case will be a
short one. Mr.. Iaascs personally
denies that hs ever gave his parental
8 notion to his daughters engagement
to Steinmann, and says that he never